| Our work is many-facetted, covering everything
from propagation of the Faith to practical assistance in communities
where there is great poverty and a lack of resources, such
as primary health care and education.
Propagation
of the Faith
Sharing the Gospel with the people of South Africa is our
primary focus.
God’s message of love, forgiveness, reconciliation,
redemption and eternal life, is often all that the Zulu people
have to give them hope and strength in their daily struggle.
In St Luke’s Gospel it is said, ‘The harvest is
great, but the labourers are few’. We are God’s
labourers, sowing the seed, tending the crop, and gathering
His harvest in Africa.
Will you work beside us, and support the Zulu Missions with
your gift today? Click
here to donate online.
Education
Under Apartheid rule, many of our Catholic schools were forced
to close their doors. The few that are left must exist on
meagre budgets, and it’s a daily struggle to keep going.
If you believe in the power of education to take people forward
to a better life, you may wish to support our rural schools.
They are dedicated to teaching, and to the Catholic value
system. They also need all the help they can get. Click
here to donate online.
Hunger
Hunger is a daily reality for our people – in both
rural and city communities. We see the face of Jesus Christ
in every hungry person, and through our soup kitchens and
food parcels for desperate families, child headed households
(where children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS) and the aged,
we ‘give Him to eat’.
When a starving man turns to us and says, ‘It’s
only your soup that keeps me alive’, we know how grave
the situation is, and how much more support this outreach
needs. Click here to donate online.
Children
No child deserves to grow up on the street – without
love, guidance and material necessities.
Our St Theresa’s, St Philomena’s and St John Vianney
Homes provide loving care and shelter for abandoned and orphaned
children, whilst the Streetwise rescue and rehabilitation
project is aimed at reuniting street children with their families,
or placing them in good foster homes.
The sisters depend entirely on outside funding to continue
their work, and would so appreciate any help you might be
able to give them. Click here to
donate online.
Right to
Live
From the moment of conception, to the moment of death, life
is a gift from God, to be protected, cherished and nurtured.
When abortion was legalised in South Africa, our response
was to create the Mater Vitae Home for women in pregnancy
crisis. Today there are seven Mater Homes, offering a refuge
for vulnerable women and their babies, who need your love,
your encouragement and your support.
Some of the women have suffered rape or abuse while others
are affected by HIV/Aids. Project coordinator, Father Massimo
Biancalani has always believed that it is not enough to expect
vulnerable women to reject abortion without providing them
with support through pregnancy and birth.
Since Right to Live was initiated, the homes have changed
and adapted, with some catering exclusively for women in
pregnancy crisis, while others have been set up as hospices
for those dying of Aids.
Some facts and figures: Over 3 000 people have been helped
since Right to Live began – many of them through our 24-hour
crisis help line. 318 babies have been born in the Mater
Homes; 510 Aids orphans and out patients have been cared
for in our day care centres; 504 Aids patients have died
with dignity in our hospices.
We reject euthanasia, abortion and whatever devalues or
destroys human life.
HIV/Aids
The number of people living with HIV/Aids grows constantly
so the demand for practical support, advice and encouragement
for sufferers and their families, and the ever-increasing
needs of orphans and vulnerable children are a critical focus
of our work.
Only God gives life. Only God takes life. Please will you
help us take care of it? Click here to
donate online.
Our Aids Office, which is now the
largest non-governmental agency serving those infected or
affected by HIV/Aids, co-ordinates the Church’s response
to this crisis, raises funds, provides training, shares skills
and information, and uses its weight to advocate access to
treatment. We back the rights of children and others
to social welfare grants and campaign for reform of the budget
to make these possible.
At Diocesan level many projects have been founded, with
caring and gifted volunteers dealing with the most pressing
needs in their communities. Click here for more on these
projects.
Healthcare
Imagine in this day and age losing a baby to a common childhood
disease that could be prevented by inoculation. In the deepest
rural areas of our Archdiocese, this is not uncommon.
Here, clinics run by the mission sisters make all the difference.
They also run homes for the chronic sick, caring for those
who are blind, physically and mentally disabled or suffering
from epilepsy, Aids and
other diseases.
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Message
from Cardinal Napier
Take
a 20 minute walk through Zulu Mission Country 
